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I have recently been looking for a company to provide my business with a dedicated hosting server. It has been quite hard to find a decent one. When you Google it loads of companies do come up and I have been trying to find a reliable one. The best one I did find was NTT Communications. They seemed to be reasonably priced and their customer service was excellent. Highly recommend them! Picture: bloggyaward.com

Have you heard of Sugarhill Boutique? Well neither had I until I went into USC the other day. They do some really nice and tops and dresses and I even found a really nice playsuit that actually suits me! Sugarhill Boutique is a British brand based in Brighton. They get their styles and inspirations from differnet cultures and from where the designers have been travelling. They started in 2005 and are beginning to really pick up. They have celebrity fans including Rebecca Fergusson, Fearne Cotton, Jameela Jamil and Denise Van Outen who have all been spotted wearing Sugarhill Boutique looks. If it is good enough for them - it is good enough for me! Picture: resurrection-online.com

When women go on holiday they have loads of options of sandals, flip flops, pumps, trainers, heels and wedges. When a man decide they need to go shopping for holiday shoes it is a whole different kettle of fish! A decent pair of mens shoes is very hard to come by! However, these Ted Baker ones are great for the summer if you don’t want to wear flip flops all the time or good if your on holiday and going out for drinks. They are £75 and would look great with a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. They are a nice sand colour, which is again ideal for the summer and they look nice and cool! Picture: usc.co.uk

It's pretty nice right? It's got that old school classic photography feel with the crisp clear technology of a modern DSLR. It's essentially a compact camera with a large APS-C sensor and a fixed 35mm equivalent field-of-view F2.8 autofocus lens, a 2.7" LCD and 12Mp CMOS sensor with an ISO range of 100 to 3200. Ahhhhh! But they're so expensive! The Leica brand just seems to have that charm about it though, people go crazy for Leica cameras old and new. Last December (2010) a Leica MP2 camera built in 1958 broke records when it was sold for €402,000 at the Westlicht Photographica auction, shooting up from its starting price of €80,000. That's so much money for a second hand film camera! It was the most expensive Leica ever sold at auction. Although I'd love to be able to afford it, maybe one day when I'm a millionaire and have money managers like Rowan Dartington looking after all my finances for me, I'll be able to buy a whole load of Leicas! Photo: Big_Lynx (Flickr)

Hi I’m looking to buy an SLR before I go away travelling for a few months. Problem is, I was wondering how easy to get hold of the Camera Batteries are going to be once I’m out of Europe. I’m planning on taking some very off the beaten track kind of roads, so ideally I need something that’s not going to set me back too much. Any thoughts on what might best serve me? Should I perhaps look for a different kind of camera or will an SLF be fine? Do I need to look for some kind of special booster pack to go with it as an accessory? Are there any compatiable batteries that are available that I could charge easily enough while I am on the go. That would sure make things a hell of a lot better. Also, has anyone else ever gone an extened travelling holiday like this one with the primary purpose of expanding your photography portfolio? If so, what kind of equipment did you use? I know that these are a lot of random questions, but it would be great if one or two of you get get back to me some of them. Cheers my deers.